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VERB
圖謀;策劃;謀劃
If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
例句
The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
石油公司被控故意制造石油短缺以名正言順地提高油價。
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VERB
發明;(精巧地)設計出，制造
If you contrive something such as a device or piece of equipment, you invent and construct it in a clever or unusual way.
例句
We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain.
因此我們得制作一塊很大的遮光窗簾。
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VERB
成功做到;設法做到
If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it.
例句
The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.
這支管弦樂隊呈現了精彩的演奏，堪稱其多年來的巔峰演奏。
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VERB
(用欺騙的手法)策劃，圖謀，設法做到
When someone has done something dishonestly, you can say that they have contrived to do it.
例句
They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.
他們精心策劃故意遺失了數萬份申請書。